High School Grades - Can a teacher change an assignment from P to TA last minute

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So when you were growing up and there was no online grading and no retakes, were your parents mad at the teachers for lousy grades or upset with the child?

Place the blame where it belongs. If your child did not get the grades YOU think they earned, talk to your child. It is absolutely ridiculous that a parent is upset for a grade dropping after their child did not even attempt the assignment. Get after your child, not the teacher!

Grades are supposed to be earned and not given. Tell your child to work harder next quarter.

We received papers, assignments, quizzes, and tests back. Parents could call teachers with concerns. There were expectations, due dates, accountability, textbooks and so much more. My parents monitored our grades, we monitor our kids, why don't you?

You are one of the worst trolls on DCUM and that’s saying a lot. NP here by the way. I hate that every time you post it’s to say “I’m doing everything right, I’m an amazing parent, why aren’t you?” It’s old, it’s tired and frankly it’s BS. Not only that you always lash out and claim the PP you are responding to is not doing something that you have no evidence about one way or another. What you think is amazing parenting is your own warped view. Stop lashing out at others and try to be a nicer person.

Amazed at what. Mcps is in a huge decline and kids are not getting a good education. We have to spend a fortune on tutors this year when teachers are not teaching or even showing up for weeks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So when you were growing up and there was no online grading and no retakes, were your parents mad at the teachers for lousy grades or upset with the child?

Place the blame where it belongs. If your child did not get the grades YOU think they earned, talk to your child. It is absolutely ridiculous that a parent is upset for a grade dropping after their child did not even attempt the assignment. Get after your child, not the teacher!

Grades are supposed to be earned and not given. Tell your child to work harder next quarter.

Hopefully you're not a teacher because there is some expectation that a student doesn't just "work harder" but that a student examines their mistakes and then works smarter when they know better. That's where you come in by doing your job.

There should be some IQ test for people to be able to work in a school. But I suppose the test is implicit and if you're there, you've failed it.

I’m not a teacher. I’m a parent that expects my children to take ownership over their schoolwork and grades. When they don’t understand something, they are expected to ask for help during lunch or request a tutor from me. My children have not gotten all A’s, and that is okay.

But this idea that a child not getting an A due to a teacher not grading fast enough is ridiculous. They should be continually learning and growing, but there are summative assignments like tests and papers that show the understanding. The growth part comes during class and might not be seen at home or through grades. If a student does a homework assignment and doesn’t understand, it is their responsibility to request help before an assessment. These kids are high schoolers and need to advocate for themselves!

Not all kids will get A’s and that’s okay and to be expected. Use this experience to help your child grow to be more proactive in understanding each assignment.

Assignments need to be graded so kids know if they are doing ok and when to ask for help. Part of learning feedback.

I have 150 students. Grading gets done at home as there is no time during the school day. This semester I switched to easy multiple choice self graded assignments on Canvas as there is no way to keep up with the workload otherwise. It sucks because I teach juniors and seniors and they should be doing higher level work with paragraph answers, etc. But MCPS makes it impossible to get everything done and my classes are too big so here we are.

I’d rather have you do it that way than not grade at all. The class sizes are absurd. We have 32-38 kids in some classes. Not even enough chairs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So when you were growing up and there was no online grading and no retakes, were your parents mad at the teachers for lousy grades or upset with the child?

Place the blame where it belongs. If your child did not get the grades YOU think they earned, talk to your child. It is absolutely ridiculous that a parent is upset for a grade dropping after their child did not even attempt the assignment. Get after your child, not the teacher!

Grades are supposed to be earned and not given. Tell your child to work harder next quarter.

Hopefully you're not a teacher because there is some expectation that a student doesn't just "work harder" but that a student examines their mistakes and then works smarter when they know better. That's where you come in by doing your job.

There should be some IQ test for people to be able to work in a school. But I suppose the test is implicit and if you're there, you've failed it.

I’m not a teacher. I’m a parent that expects my children to take ownership over their schoolwork and grades. When they don’t understand something, they are expected to ask for help during lunch or request a tutor from me. My children have not gotten all A’s, and that is okay.

But this idea that a child not getting an A due to a teacher not grading fast enough is ridiculous. They should be continually learning and growing, but there are summative assignments like tests and papers that show the understanding. The growth part comes during class and might not be seen at home or through grades. If a student does a homework assignment and doesn’t understand, it is their responsibility to request help before an assessment. These kids are high schoolers and need to advocate for themselves!

Not all kids will get A’s and that’s okay and to be expected. Use this experience to help your child grow to be more proactive in understanding each assignment.

Assignments need to be graded so kids know if they are doing ok and when to ask for help. Part of learning feedback.

I have 150 students. Grading gets done at home as there is no time during the school day. This semester I switched to easy multiple choice self graded assignments on Canvas as there is no way to keep up with the workload otherwise. It sucks because I teach juniors and seniors and they should be doing higher level work with paragraph answers, etc. But MCPS makes it impossible to get everything done and my classes are too big so here we are.

I’d rather have you do it that way than not grade at all. The class sizes are absurd. We have 32-38 kids in some classes. Not even enough chairs.

Exactly!!! I don’t even have enough Chromebooks OR desks. My classroom can’t even fit extra even if there were extra desks. They want the kids to write more but how?? I agree, it’s so important but how?? More kids = more grading. This is not sustainable. This really isn’t. The kids will suffer when they aren’t getting the feedback and practice they need to be successful communicators. I agree with you. But it’s becoming almost impossible, at least at mcps.

[Anonymous]

We are new to MCPS - what do P and TA stand for? Thanks !

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are new to MCPS - what do P and TA stand for? Thanks !

I think OP has the abbreviations wrong. They are AT for All Tasks and PP for Practice/Prep.